Is AP necessary for MIT?

MIT doesn’t require applicants to take advanced courses beyond what is commonly available in high school. However, many of our students, either through their schools or on their own, have taken advanced coursework through programs like the AP, IB, PSEO, EPGY, and many more alphabet soups of advanced academic programs.

What AP exams does MIT?

Science

AP® Exam Name	Minimum Score Required	Number of Credit Units Awarded
AP® Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism	5 (on both)	Equivalent to 8.01 Physics 1
AP® Physics C: Mechanics	5 (on both)	Equivalent to 8.01 Physics 1
AP® Psychology	5	9

How can I prepare for MIT entrance exam?

Preparing for MIT: What to do in high school

One year of high school physics.
One year of high school chemistry.
One year of high school biology.
Math, through calculus.
Two years of a foreign language.
Four years of English.
Two years of history and/or social sciences.

Can an average student go to MIT?

Currently, MIT’s acceptance rate is 7.3%, which means it only accepts around 7 applicants for every 100 people that apply. A 7.3% acceptance rate means that MIT is extremely competitive to get into. You’ll need excellent grades, test scores, essays, and letters of recommendation to even be considered.

Is it harder to get into Stanford or MIT?

Going by the statistics, MIT (7.9 %) has a higher acceptance rate than Stanford (5.1%) and Harvard (5.9%). If you want to apply to an easy-to-get-into Ivy and/or elite private university, try Cornell.

Is Cambridge better than MIT?

Every engineering student (except Chemical Engineering, they have separate department for this), takes the same classes for the first two years. So, the engineers from Cambridge have deeper understanding in general subjects, than MIT engineers.

Where is Cambridge University ranked in the world?

Cambridge is the top UK university and fourth in the world in the 2019 league tables produced by the Guardian and the Center for World University Rankings.

Is MIT the best?

1 university for 2019-20. Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines. MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today.

Is Cambridge or Oxford better for engineering?

Cambridge is colloquially known as better for Engineering but it’s actually not true when you take a look at the rankings. CS & Machine Learning are definitively higher ranked in Oxford but I would assume both schools are equally competitive. It’s more about which one you would feel more proud being part of.

Which is the richest Cambridge College?

Trinity College

Can I study in Oxford for free?

Oxford is determined that all students who are offered a place to study here can afford to come. Very few costs are paid up front, and there is lots of financial support available for UK students, from the government, the University and a student’s college.

How much is Oxford school fees?

Annual tuition fees at Oxford and Cambridge (2019/20, full-time)
	Oxford
Undergraduate (UK/EU students)	£9,250 (~€€10,390)
Undergraduate (non-EU students)	£24,750-£34,678 per year (~US$900) for most courses.£25,740 – £36,065 (~US$360) per year for most courses

How much does a PHD at Oxford cost?

What is the tuition for Oxford University international students?

Undergraduate students	Graduate students
£24,750-£34,678 per year (~US$900) for most courses.	£960 (~US$29,930 -35,700) for most master’s and doctoral programs; varies depending on the subject; there are a few exceptions with higher fees.

Which Oxford college is the hardest to get into?

I have this data averaged over the years 2007-2010, where the hardest colleges to get into are:

Worcester (43% chance of getting an offer from another college)
Magdalen (39% change of getting an offer from another college)
Brasenose (36% change of getting an offer from another college)